"February makes a bridge and March breaks it."
~ February memories___________
BLACK FOREST CHEESECAKE
~ Rich reminder ... enjoy the remains of each day!
(thanks ... The Connoisseur UP NORTH and Reflections)
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Crust:
2 1/2 cups Oreo cookie crumbs
2 1/2 oz. melted butter
Mix butter & crumbs. Spray cheesecake pan. Press in mixture.
Cheesecake:
2 lbs. room temperature cream cheese
1/2 cup flour
6 oz. chopped dark chocolate
1 lb. powdered sugar
8 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
- Preheat oven to 275-degrees.
- Add cream cheese in processor and blend 5 minutes on low speed. Add sugar and mix 5 more minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add flour and mix 5 more minutes. Scraped down sides of bowl. Add eggs one at a time, continuing to mix at low speed, pausing after each to scrape sides of bowl. Add vanilla and fold in chopped chocolate.
- Pour mixture into prepared crust.
- Bake in water bath (just a pan of water placed into an oven. The hot water provides a constant, steady heat source and ensures even, slow cooking) for 2 and 1/2 hours. Turn off oven and let cake rest 1 hour before removing from pan. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate overnight.
Cherry Sauce:
3 cups canned dark sweet cherries
2 Tbsp. cornstarch
1/4 cup cherry brandy
2 Tbsp. water
Prepare paste of cornstarch and water. Bring cherries & brandy to boil, add cornstarch paste and stir until sauce thickens.
Comments
As good as that cheesecake sounds, I'll have to avoid all those calories and stick to your beautiful collages for sustenance :) Loved your primroses too. Such wonderful colors!
Yes, it's yummy, Linda ... or did you OD on the chocolate last weekend ... I know I would have :)
Exactly MMG ... that's the point and why these recipes have tempted me for eons :)
Thanks, Kerri! Shame on me for tempting, especially during Lent, but I can see, you're STRONG :)
You totally got me with the cherry sauce...
and I just love your collages. It is always so much fun to look at...
and you hit us again with a great quotation.
So, I look at your posts, and then I look at them again, and I see more each time. I love how there is such inspiration in what you do, and the thought and time you compose these posts. Each one is so attuned to the season and has such feeling.
Thank you for the kind wishes for my father; he is doing better, and I am slowly starting to catch up.
We can't say goodbye to it soon enough! A month of extremes! ~~ More of the same as it ends~ hi yesterday 62 lo tonite 22!
Speaking of extremes...the dessert sounds extremely good!
gail
Good news, Rose! I see many primrose awakening ... they often bloom through the snow. Yes, March holds the promise of spring :)
Same weather here, Gail, but at least today is sunny :) It's been frustrating cancelling plans the last 2 weekends ... perhaps, the next!
I LOVE your pairing of flowers and recipes on your blog. What a treat - for the eyes AND stomach :) Very nice indeed. Thanks for visiting me and I hope you see tulips before too many more weeks.
Ann
this chocolately cheese cake sounds yummy.happy march to you, joey!
Marmee, time does seem to fly, doesn't it? Savoring a bite of cheesecake slows it down :)
I love my 'Elm Eye' (peers in my kitchen window)